Green Book
A working-class Italian-American bouncer becomes the driver of an African-American classical pianist on a tour of venues through the 1960s American South.
Green Book
- Golden Globe Awards
2019: The Year of a “Black Panther” and a “BlacKkKlansman”
In the pre-Black Panther era, it would have been almost unbelievable to see a DC or Marvel film nominated for a major Oscar or Golden Globe. But director Ryan Coogler’s Black Panther was nominated for three Golden Globes in 2019, including Best Film – Drama, Best Original Song, and Best Original Score.
- Box Office
World Box Office, March 4 – 10, 2019
Theatergoers around the world lined up en masse to see Captain Marvel and propelled the Brie Larson led action extravaganza to a $455 million global debut. Larson stars as the title character, an ex-Air Force pilot who gained superpowers and was adopted by alien commandos after crashing her experimental jet in outer space.
- Box Office
World Box Office, February 25 – March 3, 2019
First place on the US chart went once again to How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World. DreamWorks and Universal's third series entry made $30.
- Golden Globe Awards
76th Golden Globes Winner Cam: Green Book
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- Interviews
Mahershala Ali, Viggo Mortensen and Peter Farrelly on “Green Book”
Director Peter Farrelly, one half of the sibling duo more noted for broad quirky comedies like Dumb and Dumber and There's Something About Mary, takes a more traditional turn with Green Book, a road movie biopic set in 1962. The movie recounts the true story of Dr.
- Festivals
At the New Orleans Film Festival, Farrelly’s Green Book Comes Home
The movie that the New Orleans Film Festival picked for their opening night could not have been better: director Peter Farrelly's Green Book is based on the true story of African American concert pianist Don Shirley, who decides to tour the Deep South. A great idea except it is 1962 and he needs protection, so the record company hires Italian-American New Yorker Tony “Lip” Vallelonga to drive him around and run interference in dicey situations.
- Festivals
‘Green Book’ Takes Audience Award at TIFF 2018
Green Book, a sleeper hit among the big hits of Toronto International Film Festival, won the event’s People’s Choice Award. In previous years, TIFF’s audience prize has launched the trajectory of several films, among them Slumdog Millionaire, 12 Years a Slave, The King’s Speech, American Beauty and Chariots of Fire.